Bell Elected President of SPJ Colorado Pro Chapter

By SPJ COLORADO PRO DENVER – Veteran journalist Doug Bell has been elected president of the Colorado Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for 2020-2021, Election Chair Deb Hurley Brobst has announced. Bell, who teaches journalism at Metropolitan State University of Denver, succeeds Tony Flesor, who chose not to seek re-election. Bell recently … Continue reading Bell Elected President of SPJ Colorado Pro Chapter

SPJ, Arapahoe Community College to Host Media Literacy Panel

By SPJ COLORADO PRO SPJ Colorado Pro and Arapahoe Community College will host a media literacy virtual panel Wednesday. Oct. 14 from noon to 1 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Access it via Zoom at http://www.Arapahoe.edu/writerstudio, and scroll down page for link. Panelists will be Doug Bell, president of Colorado … Continue reading SPJ, Arapahoe Community College to Host Media Literacy Panel

Denver Gazette Joins Media Landscape

By ERIN POWELL 8/26/20209News KUSAThere will be a new player in Denver’s media landscape.The Denver Gazette, an online-only newspaper, will launch Sept. 14. Publisher Chris Reen called this a “next-generation newspaper,” and said the product combines the best of both worlds.“It is a full newspaper,” he said in an interview with Next with Kyle Clark ahead of the formal … Continue reading Denver Gazette Joins Media Landscape

More Honors for Recent SPJ Colorado Pro Award Winner

From Tina Griego, Colorado Independent Susan Greene has been selected as a 2020-2021 Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow. Among the group of eight fellows selected, she was also chosen as the inaugural recipient of the Benjamin von Sternenfels Rosenthal Grant for Mental Health Investigative Journalism — a partnership between The Carter Center’s Mental Health … Continue reading More Honors for Recent SPJ Colorado Pro Award Winner

A First-Person Memory About a Student Newspaper in Senegal

DENVER — In the face of so much distressing news (necessary to keep us informed, of course), it can be reassuring to look back at some more reassuring events. This is one of those times. In 2018, SPJ Colorado Pro provided start-up funds for a student newspaper in Gueoul, Senegal, part of a program with … Continue reading A First-Person Memory About a Student Newspaper in Senegal